Under new legislation and regulations that came into effect on Wednesday, cannabis is to be sold exclusively at government-run stores, licensed private retailers and the B.C. government’s online store.

However, the province only has one licensed location at this point, a government-run store in Kamloops.

Cheyne, whose Port Alberni shop earned a medical marijuana dispensary licence from the municipality three years ago and who has submitted an application for a provincial licence, said he was frustrated at being targeted during the period of transition from a grey to legal market for cannabis.

“If they had everything ready for the 17th, for example… I really believe there would be a lot more than that one government store open,” he said. “It’s the only reason we’re selling the product we have right now.”

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“We need this process to get a little bit quicker so we can get that menu from licensed producers, so we can continue to get the products to the people who have come to us for years. That’s really all we’re asking for at this point,” he added.

Earlier this week, Vancouver police Chief Adam Palmer, who is also president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, said raids of unlicensed pot shops on day one of legalization were “highly unlikely.”